https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/firefox-needs-to-recommend-privacy-friendly-addons/m-p/27774#M10996 <P>Firefox was once very customizable but the Devs decided to close it up, limiting Addons a lot.</P><P>Also they decided to integrate features like PDF Viewer, WebRTC, Pocket, Sync, which could have been addons but now increase the attack surface and memory fingerprint of the browser.</P><P>Anyways, talking about good use of Addons: Firefox Desktop actually has lots of good Addons really making sense. But it seems Firefox recommends the wrong ones very often</P><UL><LI>Flagfox: Said to be very privacy invasive, but Alternatives like "Country Flags and IP whois" are better and OpenSource. Meanwhile "Flagfox" is very high up in results</LI><LI>Google Translate: <A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/traduzir-paginas-web" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Addon</A> is the only one that should be recommended. It is opensource and only sends data to Google if the user chooses to. Firefox Translations of course is a good Alternative in the future. But all these recommended Google Translate addons are possibly a privacy threat!</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/weather-extension" target="_self">"Weather extension" ?</A> This is not opensource and completely relies on an external service. It is actually very shady</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/giphy-for-firefox" target="_self">Giphy</A> really? Signal implements a privacy respecting use of Giphy, but an official browser addon will not be privacy friendly. Why recommend it?</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery" target="_self">Ghostery</A> still recommended, not privacy friendly. At least 3 other blockers were recommended before though</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies" target="_self">I dont care about Cookies</A> : this is a hard one. In the EU if you dont accept, they get rejected, but outside this doesnt apply! So this addon is harming privacy</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/forecastfox-fix-version" target="_self">Forecast (fix version)</A> another weather addon thats not open source but recommended</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-subscription-groups" target="_self">PocketTube</A> never used that one, I thought it was some privacy thing, but it actually is closed source and reads all your Youtube data. not nice</LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dont get me wrong, the list of recommended Extensions is pretty good. But there are false addons recommended I believe, which makes the whole recommendations untrustworthy.</P> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:10:33 GMT xUxSxExR 2023-03-24T19:10:33Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/firefox-needs-to-recommend-privacy-friendly-addons/m-p/27774#M10996 <P>Firefox was once very customizable but the Devs decided to close it up, limiting Addons a lot.</P><P>Also they decided to integrate features like PDF Viewer, WebRTC, Pocket, Sync, which could have been addons but now increase the attack surface and memory fingerprint of the browser.</P><P>Anyways, talking about good use of Addons: Firefox Desktop actually has lots of good Addons really making sense. But it seems Firefox recommends the wrong ones very often</P><UL><LI>Flagfox: Said to be very privacy invasive, but Alternatives like "Country Flags and IP whois" are better and OpenSource. Meanwhile "Flagfox" is very high up in results</LI><LI>Google Translate: <A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/traduzir-paginas-web" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Addon</A> is the only one that should be recommended. It is opensource and only sends data to Google if the user chooses to. Firefox Translations of course is a good Alternative in the future. But all these recommended Google Translate addons are possibly a privacy threat!</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/weather-extension" target="_self">"Weather extension" ?</A> This is not opensource and completely relies on an external service. It is actually very shady</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/giphy-for-firefox" target="_self">Giphy</A> really? Signal implements a privacy respecting use of Giphy, but an official browser addon will not be privacy friendly. Why recommend it?</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery" target="_self">Ghostery</A> still recommended, not privacy friendly. At least 3 other blockers were recommended before though</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies" target="_self">I dont care about Cookies</A> : this is a hard one. In the EU if you dont accept, they get rejected, but outside this doesnt apply! So this addon is harming privacy</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/forecastfox-fix-version" target="_self">Forecast (fix version)</A> another weather addon thats not open source but recommended</LI><LI><A href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-subscription-groups" target="_self">PocketTube</A> never used that one, I thought it was some privacy thing, but it actually is closed source and reads all your Youtube data. not nice</LI></UL><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dont get me wrong, the list of recommended Extensions is pretty good. But there are false addons recommended I believe, which makes the whole recommendations untrustworthy.</P> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:10:33 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/firefox-needs-to-recommend-privacy-friendly-addons/m-p/27774#M10996 xUxSxExR 2023-03-24T19:10:33Z